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Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by Thomas Wolfe
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 014003305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140033052
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About This Item
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1971. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 1035 pp. Binding firm, spine faded and creased. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers slightly creased. Of Time and the River is a fictionalised autobiography, using the name Eugene Gant for Wolfe's, detailing the protagonist's early and mid-twenties, during which time the character attends Harvard University, moves to New York City and teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with the character Francis Starwick. Francis Starwick was based on Wolfe's friend, playwright Kenneth Raisbeck. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 014003305X. ISBN/EAN: 9780140033052. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51769. . 9780140033052
Synopsis
The sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River, is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his creative genius as a writer. The work of an exceptionally expressive writer of fertile imagination and startling emotional intensity, Of Time and the River illuminates universal truths about art and life, city and country, past and present. It is a novel that is majestic and enduring. As P. M. Jack observed in The New York Times, "It is a triumphant demonstration that Thomas Wolfe has the stamina to produce a magnificent epic of American life."
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- Dreadnought Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51769
- Title
- Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
- Author
- Thomas Wolfe
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014003305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140033052
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB243 fiction, bio, USA, C20th, literary Fiction; United States; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded ISBN: 014003305X EAN: 9780140033052 Thomas Wolfe Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
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- Biography & Autobiography; Fiction;
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